Wednesday, March 13, 2013

I Love ILS!

Hi everyone!

It's really amazing how international scrapbooking has become. There's so many wonderful paper collections, chipboards, embellishments coming out from other countries, so many international blogs with really fun challenges and so many seriously. talented. people.

One paperline I absolutely adore is ILS or I Lowe Scrap. They're out of Poland and I love their stuff and I LOVE to see what the talented DT members do with the papers. You know how a certain style of scrapbooking just calls to you? Well ILS calls to me :)

I'd been coveting those papers for some time since they are not as easy to get in the US and I finally got my hands on some!! In case you are interested, Freckled Fawn sells them stateside.

I vowed not to hoard the paper ;) so I jumped right in to this month's color challenge here:

I used watercolors and Gelatos to get the colors in the background. Behind the photo are layers made of ILS paper, vellum, and washi tape.

I've also decided to try a new thing. At the end of every post, I'll do a snapshot of the supplies used for that page. I got the idea from Yvonne Yam and her blog Do More With Less who gives a great anatomical breakdown of her pages.

13 comments:

I tried to order some through FFF but by the time I got there they had sold out- I think it took minutes! I love your page! That color palette is to die for- feminine but also really interesting- the black give the pink some punch. I love the idea of shooting the supplies- Yvonne posted a tutorial on how to add product names to the photo and sent me a link- I'll send it your way when I edit down my inbox.

Yes, ILS ROCKS.....& I love your drippy bits - & the pic of your supplies is a great idea & I might 'nick' that one:):) I LOVE how Yvonne does those arrows & hand written notes - but she has PhotoShop. One day!!! Oh! And NEAT way to do those threads with the washi, too:):):)

Drool worthy! So so gorgeous! I got a couple of Gelatos the other day - heard so much about them and no idea what to do with them.... maybe you could post a little tut (if you don't have one on your blog already...)

I love how you are using Yvonne's idea and taking a photo of the supplies you used on your page! Awesome, Miae! And this layout is just WOW!!!!! I feel the need to get some of these papers now, too! I am loving your little black and white photos and how you designed your page is just genius, my friend! Thanks for sharing!

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Hello! I live in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area with my Aussie husband and our 2 fun, wonderful girls. Sometime ago I discovered this thing called scrapbooking and it's fair to say I'm an addict! I love color, I love texture, I love putting all that together! Thank you for visiting and checking things out!